Zhao Yazhi originally planned to go to the set of "Happy Ghost" to worship God with Kang Jianfei. After all, as a "friend", she had to attend the worship ceremony to wish Kang Jianfei's new film a success.
But because her husband suddenly came to pick her up, Zhao Yazhi had another quarrel with him - she always thought that Huang Hanwei had tipped the love letter incident to the media, so she missed the time to worship God.
When I arrived at the set, I happened to see Kang Jianfei pointing at a circle of onlookers and cursing, and then neatly knocking down a dragon and tiger martial artist. It looked so majestic!
In the past, Kang Jianfei also said that he was very powerful in kung fu, and Zhao Yazhi thought he was joking. Seeing this scene, Zhao Yazhi felt more and more mysterious about Kang Jianfei, and thought: It turns out that he really knows kung fu, and I don’t know what else he can do. It’s really
A person who can never guess.
After being scolded by Kang Jianfei and being placed in a dragon and tiger martial arts master, although the others were unhappy with Kang Jianfei, they could only leave angrily. After all, this is a Shaw Brothers studio, and Kang Jianfei is a customer renting the studio.
Shao Daheng is not a vegetarian either. A conflict here would not be good for anyone.
After the idlers were blown away, Kang Jianfei directed the construction workers to build the interior of the ruined temple, which is where Zhu Xiucai hanged himself.
Zhao Yazhi took advantage of Kang Jianfei's busy work and came over and asked: "Fei, is there anyone else who needs help?"
"I didn't see Sister Zhi before, so I thought you weren't coming," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "It's basically done. Sister Zhi, just wait and see the movie I made."
Zhao Yazhi said with a smile: "Okay then, I'm just waiting to see what kind of movie you make. Don't end up making a comedy into a horror movie."
Kang Jianfei said: "This is both comedy and horror. I hope it will make the audience cry and laugh at the same time."
"Just brag!" Zhao Yazhi said, suppressing a smile and asked seriously, "By the way, making movies is very expensive. Some time ago, director Xu Anhua made "Crazy Heist", and we, the main actors, all asked for friendship prices.
, and the budget for the film was saved again and again, and it took 850,000 yuan to complete the filming. You only have more than 500,000 yuan in hand. If the budget is not enough, I still have more than 300,000 yuan in savings..."
Kang Jianfei was really surprised by Zhao Yazhi's words. The relationship between the two of them didn't seem to be this deep, they were just close and ambiguous friends. Zhao Yazhi was actually willing to spend more than 300,000 yuan to make a movie for him.
How much is more than 300,000? At this time, the average worker's salary is only about 1,200. It takes 20 years without food or water to save that much.
And today's stars don't earn much. Only in the 1980s, when Hong Kong films developed explosively, did star actors really make money every day.
Zhao Yazhi sounds very popular, but she is just a long-term actress with TVB. She usually gets a fixed salary when filming TV series, not a salary for a single TV series. Of course, Zhao Yazhi's contract is about to expire, and with her current
With such a red-hot reputation, he is likely to change his contract to a short-term contract with a high salary in the future.
But now, this 300,000 is probably all the savings that Zhao Yazhi can use!
Kang Jianfei looked at Zhao Yazhi in surprise, thinking that this woman could not really fall in love with me, but her IQ turned negative and she spent all her money to make a movie for me.
Zhao Yazhi felt uncomfortable looking at Kang Jianfei, and explained to him with a red face: "I just read your storyboard and thought your movie was very good, so I decided to help you. Don't think too much,
I give you the money but I want to share the box office dividends."
"Just keep your money honestly. If I lose money on this movie, I will let you support me from now on." Kang Jianfei suddenly laughed happily.
Kang Jianfei had many women before time travel, but he always spent money on women, and no woman had ever been willing to pay sincerely for him. Kang Jianfei's previous decision to date Zhao Yazhi was just because he coveted her beauty, but at this moment
Kang Jianfei was very excited and really wanted to hold Zhao Yazhi in his arms and love her.
Damn it, after living two lifetimes, there is actually a woman who has true feelings for me!
Kang Jianfei, who was used to seeing the world, was actually a little carried away, as if he was dreaming now, as if he was experiencing his first love.
"Director, which side is better for this door to fall on?" a field worker suddenly asked, finally getting Kang Jianfei's soul back.
Kang Jianfei asked two workers to hold the broken door and stand at the door, then kicked it in. The broken door fell to the ground with a "bang" and said with a smile: "It's more natural to fall down like this. Then put some dust on it, over there."
Put some spider webs in the corners of the statue..."
After the scene was set up, Kang Jianfei directed the placement of cameras and lighting equipment. Then Hu Juncai, wearing Qing Dynasty official uniform, walked in step by step and hung a rope on a beam to commit suicide.
The white light flickered in the ruined temple, but it was the lighting engineer imitating lightning.
"Boom!"
Zhong Yuan and another person shook cardboard of different thicknesses, and bursts of thunder immediately sounded in the room.
It turns out that Zhong Yuan is not only a sound engineer, but also a skilled motion effects engineer (sound effects engineer).
Motion effects belong to the field of film recording, which refers to the sound effects of various actions, also known as onomatopoeia. For example, in movies, vivid sounds such as galloping horses, thunder and rain, punches and kicks, roars of dinosaurs, etc. are all made by motion effects artists.
Made.
Thirty years later, with the continuous development of computer technology, these sound effects can be directly edited and pasted on the audio track using a computer. Few people have devoted themselves to the field of motion effects, so that motion effects artists are faced with the embarrassing situation of losing their technology.
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How many people know that the sound of broken bones in traditional martial arts films is made by an animator using a piece of celery?
"Click!"
Kang Jianfei shouted, with a smile on his face. Perhaps it was the reason for establishing his authority before, but he was very satisfied with the current situation of the crew, and everyone was very enthusiastic about their work.
The scene changed to Hong Kong in 1979. A few boys and girls from a high school took shelter from the rain and entered a ruined temple and took away the rope with the ghost of the scholar attached to it.
The scene that will be filmed soon is a scene involving these students in a ruined temple. The first and second female leads will be played by Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia respectively. As for the third female lead, Yan Ruyu, Kang Jianfei found her at Tiu Keng Ling Middle School.
A girl named Li Shan.
The male lead, Lin Xiucai, the happy ghost, was played by Hu Juncai. The second male lead, who chased Wen Bixia, was played by Kang Jianfei himself. The other male and female students were recommended by Teacher Qin. Teacher Qin is responsible for every year of Tiaojingling Middle School.
The celebration made it very clear which students were suitable for acting, which also saved Kang Jianfei a lot of effort in selecting actors.
Cousin Wu Ruiqing originally wanted to star, but was scolded back by Wu Chenggang. Now he is probably depressed at home.
Right now it's an ensemble cast of five men and five women. Actually, only Kang Jianfei, Li Saifeng, Wen Bixia and Li Shan have more lines, while the others just make movements and expressions.
After Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia got the script a few days ago, they have been practicing and rehearsing, and they performed very well in private. However, it may be because they were nervous in front of the camera, because they even forgot the words and phrases for the very easy lines. .On the other hand, the girl named Li Shan is self-taught in acting and is no worse than a professional actor. Unfortunately, she is too short and has an ordinary appearance, so she is destined not to be the leading female actor.
Kang Jianfei knew not to curse at this time. After all, Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia were both newcomers, and the more they scolded them, the more nervous they became.
Calling the two little girls aside alone, Kang Jianfei comforted and encouraged: "Don't be too nervous, just treat it like your usual rehearsals. You are actually great and have the potential to be good actors." After saying that, Kang Jianfei lured them again. Li said, "Xiaxia, think about what your previous home was like. Only if you perform well can you live the life you want. And Ah Feng, don't you want to be the second Lin Qingxia? This Scenes are nothing. If the film is good, "Happy Ghost" will be sold to Taiwan and released. Your former classmates and friends will be surprised to see you as the heroine..."
After Kang Jianfei comforted them for a while, they finally relaxed and the film shooting got on track.
A closer look shows that the acting skills of Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia are very stiff, inferior to many of the extras on the Clear Water Bay set. However, "Happy Ghost" is a commercial comedy without nutrition, selling laughs and youthful beauty. Girls, as long as your acting skills are passable.
Including the time for setting and make-up, the filming of the ruined temple scene only took three hours in total, which is very fast. If we continue at this pace, the entire film will take at least half a month to complete.
Don't think about how many months it takes to shoot a movie. It's a super blockbuster. Hong Kong movies have always been famous for their speed. For example, "9413", directed and starred by Wu Zhenyu, only took 10 days from start-up to post-production to release...
After filming the scene of the ruined temple, the crew immediately set off to a beach near Clear Water Bay to continue filming the scene of the students camping. They took advantage of the fact that it was still dark to shoot a few scenes, and there were also night scenes after dark.
It was already the end of November, and the temperature in Hong Kong during the day was about 20 degrees, and after nightfall it was only over 10 degrees. But all the actors, including Kang Jianfei, could only wear single clothes because they were filming a summer scene.
Especially the girls Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia, they must wear one-piece swimsuits. The beautiful girly figures under the swimsuits are also one of the selling points of this film.
Several little girls were shivering from the cold, but they had to pretend to be happy, running and playing on the beach, and finally ran into the water and splashed sea water on each other, getting wet all over.
Every ten minutes of filming, Kang Jianfei called for a stop, and then the crew immediately rushed over, wrapped thick coats around the girls, and served them hot ginger soup.
In the evening, everyone went back to the Clear Water Bay set for dinner, leaving only two set workers on the beach guarding the equipment. After dinner, they immediately came back to catch up on work.
Night scenes are a great test for lighting engineers, and Wu Chenggang finally had the time to show off.
Kang Jianfei wore a pair of glasses and his hair was parted. He held a guitar and acted like an art student. He sang as soon as he swept the guitar:
"I'm walking on an unchanging pace
It's to coincide with your arrival
In times of panic and hesitation
plz follow me
…”
The budget for the original version of "Happy Ghost" was too small. Except for the theme song "Happy Ghost", all other songs in the film were pre-made, and the copyright fees were paid after the filming was completed.
The same is true for the song "Please Follow Me". It was originally an episode of "The Wrong Ride" in 1983. Because "The Wrong Ride" is also a movie produced by New Art City, there is no need to pay the copyright fee for the song.
As for now, the song "Please Follow Me" has become Kang Jianfei's original work.
There is still a market for literary and artistic styles these days. Kang Jianfei's self-written song, played and sung by Kang Jianfei, shocked some people in the crew. Especially the student actors, all of them admired Kang Jianfei so much that they waited until the filming of that night was completed.
